- 1. In which historic battle was Harold II defeated by William I?
A) Battle of Barnet
B) Battle of Hastings
C) Battle of Fulford
D) Battle of Stamford Bridge
- 2. What year did the Norman Conquest of England take place?
A) 1200
B) 1000
C) 1066
D) 1100
- 3. Which English king died shortly before the Norman Conquest, leading to a succession crisis?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Henry I
D) Richard the Lionheart
- 4. What was the name of the famous document William I ordered to be compiled after the conquest?
A) Domesday Book
B) Magna Carta
C) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
D) Bayeux Tapestry
- 5. What was the title of William I before he became King of England?
A) King of France
B) Earl of Wessex
C) Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
D) Duke of Normandy
- 6. Which English abbey did William I commission to be built to atone for bloodshed during the Conquest?
A) Fountains Abbey
B) Glastonbury Abbey
C) Westminster Abbey
D) Battle Abbey
- 7. In which country did William I assemble his army before invading England?
A) Scotland
B) Wales
C) Normandy
D) France
- 8. What was the name of the rebellion in the north of England against William I's rule?
A) Barons' Wars
B) Marcher Lords Uprising
C) Harrying of the North
D) Peasants' Revolt
- 9. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the Norman Conquest?
A) Theodore of Tarsus
B) Thomas Becket
C) Lanfranc
D) Stigand
- 10. What was the customary tax paid to William I by landowners during his reign?
A) Tithe
B) Scutage
C) Danegeld
D) Gabelle
- 11. Who was the wife of William I?
A) Empress Matilda
B) Matilda of Flanders
C) Isabella of Angoulême
D) Eleanor of Aquitaine
- 12. Which of William I's sons succeeded him as King of England?
A) Edward IV
B) Richard III
C) John
D) William II
- 13. What architectural style heavily influenced English building under William I?
A) Gothic
B) Baroque
C) Norman
D) Romanesque
- 14. What was the title given to the rebellions against William I's rule in the early years of his reign?
A) Barons' Uprisings
B) Danes' Resistance
C) Marcher Lords Revolts
D) Harrying
- 15. What was the name of the ship in which William the Conqueror sailed to England to stake his claim to the throne?
A) Mayflower
B) Mora
C) Santa Maria
D) Golden Hind
- 16. Which English city was famously devastated by William the Conqueror during the Harrying of the North?
A) Oxford
B) London
C) York
D) Canterbury
- 17. Which Anglo-Saxon nobleman was prominent during the Norman Conquest and later became known as the first Earl of Norfolk?
A) Harold Godwinson
B) Ralph de Guader
C) Aethelred the Unready
D) Edmund Ironside
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